Social Security to stop mailing checks March 1

Local seniors think the change is the 'safest way to go'

4:41 PM,
Jan. 12, 2013

Dora Felton

Written by

Ivy Farguheson
ifarguheson@muncie.gannett.com

There aren't many things that can shock 72-year-old Sue Owens, but learning her monthly Social Security check will no longer show up in her mailbox after March stopped her in her tracks.

"What are people supposed to do? How are they supposed to get their checks if they don't do that direct deposit?" she asked. "Well, I guess they're going to do what they're going to do, but I guess I need to get on this. Really, if you think about it, it's the safest way to go. I just don't like it right now."

Although the Social Security Administration has focused on the costs of mailing the checks as the reason for the ...